Snakes Gould wrote:Jul 11 The San Francisco Chronicle's Gwen Knapp reports Oakland Athletics SP Rich Harden (elbow) has given up video games and playing the guitar in fear that it will stunt his recovery from a strained elbow ligament.

sissy

If this is true, why does this make him a 'sissy'? Surely he's trying to do everything he can to help his elbow recover so he can get back to pitching ASAP.

They should also make sure to prohibit him from cutting hedges, for fear of slicing the top of his finger off (a la Bob Ojeda).

They should also make sure he has adequate psycho-therapy for any phobias -- especially arachnophobia, which has been known to cause nightmares which startle baseball players into jumping out of bed and into glass tables and tumbling down stairs (a la Glenallen Hill).